Reina Roja

Antonia Scott is special. Very special.

She is not a policewoman or a criminologist. She has never held a gun nor does she carry a badge, and nevertheless she has solved scores of crimes.

Her mind is like a jungle full of monkeys that jump at full speed from vine to vine, crossing one another and showing their fangs.

But it has been a while since Antonia has left her attic in Lavapiés. What she has lost matters much more to her than those that await out there.

Neither does she receive visits. This is why she doesn’t like it one bit, not one bit, when she hears unknown footsteps climbing to the top floor.

Whoever it is, Antonia is certain that they are there to see her. And she likes that even less.